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[cuissette] (s.xiiex)
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[cuissette] (s.xiiex)

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quissette  
  FEW:  coxa 2/ii,1261a Gdf:  cuissete 2,398c GdfC:  cuissette 9,264a TL: cuissete 2,1143 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cuissette  TLF:  cuisse (cuissette)  OED:  cuisse (cuisset)  MED:  quishete n.  DMLBS:  quissottus (quisettus) 528b

The word is attested in Continental French with both senses and, in this particular citation, remains ambiguous.

s.

anat.costume(small) upper leg, thigh (from hip to knee); or: breeches, undergarment that covers the upper legs: 
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii3/3 )  Ben sai quai me deistes dunc: Ke od vus me laissasse chair; – Ysolt amie, n'est ço vair? – Suef a la terre chaistes E voz quissettes me auveristes, E m'i laissai chair dedenz  Fol Trist ANTS 828

[gdw]

See also:

cuisse  cuissel1  cuissel2  cuissier  cuisson  cuissot 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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